Environmental Regulation and Employment: Evaluating the Role of Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law in China

• Autorzy: Yu Wei , Liu Xiao

Warianty tytułu

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Prawo ochrony środowiska a zatrudnienie: ocena Ustawy o zapobieganiu zanieczyszczeniu i kontroli jakości wód w Chinach

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this paper, we investigate the impact of environmental regulations on employment in China. We apply a quasi-natural experiment on the revision of Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law in 2008 (WPPCL2008), and we analyze manufacturing sectors’ reaction to WPPCL2008 by using a differences-in-differences approach based on China’s thirty five sectors at the 2-digit level from 2003 to 2014. Our results show that although environmental regulations can reduce waste-water emissions, at the same time cause a decrease in employment. The results suggest that stringent environmental regulation is not cost free. Furthermore, this finding contradicts the popular view that the effect of Chinese legislation enforcement is insignificant.

PL

W tym artykule analizujemy wpływ środowiskowych regulacji prawnych na zatrudnienie w Chinach. Przygotowaliśmy eksperyment odnoszący się do poprawionej Ustawy o zapobieganiu zanieczyszczeniom wody i kontroli jakości wód z 2008 r. (WPPCL2008) i przeanalizowaliśmy reakcję na zmienione prawo ze strony sektora produkcyjnego korzystając z metody DID (differences-in-differences), uwzględniając 35 sektorów występujących w Chinach i 2-cyfowy poziom pomiędzy 2003 a 2014 r. Otrzymane rezultaty pokazują, że surowe regulacje środowiskowej nie są wolne od kosztów. Co więcej, okazuje się, że są one sprzeczne z poglądem, że chińskie prawodawstwo jest nieistotne.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

environmental regulations; differences-in-differences; employment; Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law (WPPCL)

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prawo ochrony środowiska; DID; zatrudnienie; ustawa o zapobieganiu zanieczyszczeniu wody i kontroli jakości wód

• Wydawca: Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Problemy Ekorozwoju
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: Vol. 13, nr 2
• Strony: 7--16
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 19 poz., fig., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Yu Wei

• School of Management, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China
• Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands

autor

Liu Xiao

• School of Economics & Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

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